News - Election

Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the by-election date for Provencher, and Conservative candidate, Ted Falk, welcomed the announcement.

More than 250 Conservative supporters joined Ted Falk yesterday as the Conservative candidate opened his campaign office.

Ted Falk will be the Conservative Party candidate in the upcoming Provencher byelection. A date for the byelection, to replace former Member of Parliament, Vic Toews, has not yet been announced.

Ken Plett was voted in yesterday as a new member for the L.U.D of Mitchell, Manitoba, after a low turnout at the polling station.

The Honourable Vic Toews, Regional Minister for Manitoba and Member of Parliament for Provencher issued a statement on the 2011 Manitoba election.

Lee Fehler the Liberal candidate prepares for the final week of campaign. He says he has been pleasantly surprised by his reception thus far and hopes the positive nature of the campaign can build up to the October 4th election.

The Liberals have made several announcements regarding some of the issues they hope to tackle if elected on October 4th.

The Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) has released its election “asks” – the key policies that the MBP would like to see implemented by the Government of Manitoba after the October 4th election.

With a provincial election to be called within a week, Steinbach Constituency P.C. Candidate Kelvin Goertzen announced the co-chairs for his re-election bid today.

The president of the Canadian Pork Council says the election of a majority government helps ensure commitments made to Canada’s pork producers prior to the May 2nd federal election will be honoured.